tenacity

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Synonyms: veracity, mendacity, tenuity, tensity, edacity, tenacy, tenerity, tonality, megacity, tonicity, telicity

Antonyms: veracity, mendacity, tenuity, tensity, edacity, tenacy, tenerity, tonality, megacity, tonicity, telicity

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Noun

1. The [[quality]] or state of being [[tenacious]], or [[persistence]] of purpose; [[tenaciousness]].
2. The quality of bodies which keeps them from [[part]]ing without considerable force, as distinguished from [[brittleness]], [[fragility]], [[mobility]], etc.
3. The effect of this [[attraction]], [[cohesiveness]].
4. The quality of bodies which makes them [[adhere]] to other bodies; [[adhesiveness]], [[viscosity]].
5. {{lb|en|physics}} The greatest [[longitudinal]] [[stress]] a substance can [[bear]] without [[tear]]ing [[asunder]], usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce [[rupture]].

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